Sundance Film Festival 2. First wave of films announced. Three years after the premiere of their hit rom- com Obvious Child, Jenny Slate and writer- director Gillian Robespierre are returning to Sundance. Slate and Robespierre’s new feature film Landline will make its premiere in dramatic competition at 2.

Sundance Film Festival, one of 6. The annual indie festival announced its Dramatic Competition, Documentary Competition, and Next film categories on Wednesday, ranging from buzzy documentaries to star- studded feature films. Landline follows the two Jacobs sisters in . Edie Falco, John Turturro, Jay Duplass, Abby Quinn, and Finn Wittrock star alongside Slate, with Robespierre directing and co- writing the script with Obvious Child’s Elisabeth Holm. This year’s festival is packed with female- led projects, from Patti Cake$, starring Danielle Macdonald as an aspiring New Jersey rapper, to Band Aid, starring, written by, and directed by Zoe Lister Jones about a couple who attempt to save their marriage by starting a band. As part of the “New Climate” program, the festival will spotlight documentaries and films that raise awareness for environmental issues — an issue Redford has long been passionate about. Selections include projects like Chasing Coral, about the decline of the world’s coral reefs, and Trophy, which documents the big- game hunting industry.

This year’s festival runs from Jan. Park City, Utah, and includes 1. In the past, critically- acclaimed projects like Beasts of the Southern Wild, Swiss Army Man, Morris From America, Fruitvale Station, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Weiner, and Whiplash have all premiered in the Next, Dramatic Competition, or Documentary Competition categories. See the full list of Dramatic Competition, Documentary Competition, and Next films below. Additional films will be announced in the coming days.

We asked 163 critics and curators to name their five top movies of the year – and atop what may be our most diverse annual poll yet, the runaway winner is a German.

U. S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION Presenting the world premieres of 1. Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. Band Aid / U. S. A. Cast: Zoe Lister- Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi Patel. World Premiere. Beach Rats / U. S. A. Cast: Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff.

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World Premiere Brigsby Bear / U. S. A. When the show abruptly ends, James’s life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.

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Cast: Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins. World Premiere. Burning Sands / U.

S. A. Cast: Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, De. Ron Horton, Trevante Rhodes. World Premiere. Crown Heights / U.

S. A. Adapted from This American Life, this is the incredible true story of their harrowing quest for justice. Cast: Keith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Bill Camp, Nestor Carbonell, Amari Cheatom. World Premiere. Golden Exits / U. S. A. Cast: Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary- Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman, Chlo. World Premiere. The Hero / U. S. A. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future. Cast: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman, Katharine Ross.

World Premiere. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore / U. S. A. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals. Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye. World Premiere. Ingrid Goes West / U. S. A. Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Billy Magnussen.

World Premiere. Landline / U. S. A. Everyone still smokes inside, no one has a cell phone and the Jacobs finally connect through lying, cheating and hibachi. Cast: Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, Finn Wittrock. World Premiere. Novitiate / U.

S. A. Cast: Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor. Founders (2017) Movie Dvd Quality. World Premiere. Patti Cake$ / U. S. A. Killa P, a.

Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory. Cast: Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Cathy Moriarty. World Premiere Roxanne Roxanne / U. S. A. At age 1. 4, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shant. Cast: Chant. World Premiere. To The Bone / U. S. A. With the help of an unconventional doctor, Ellen and the other residents go on a sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing journey that leads to the ultimate question—is life worth living?

Cast: Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp, Liana Liberato. World Premiere. Walking Out / U. S. A. If they are to survive, the boy must carry his father to safety. Cast: Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter, Lily Gladstone. World Premiere. The Yellow Birds / U. S. A. After an unthinkable tragedy, the surviving soldier struggles to balance his promise of silence with the truth and a mourning mother’s search for peace.

Cast: Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, Alden Ehrenreich, Jason Patric, Toni Collette, Jennifer Aniston. World Premiere. U. S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Sixteen world- premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people and events that shape the present day. Casting Jon. Benet / U. S. A., Australia (Director: Kitty Green) — The unsolved death of six- year- old American beauty queen Jon.

Benet Ramsey remains the world’s most sensational child murder case. Over 1. 5 months, responses, reflections and performances were elicited from the Ramsey’s Colorado hometown community, creating a bold work of art from the collective memories and mythologies the crime inspired.

World Premiere. Chasing Coral / U. S. A. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

World Premiere. NEW CLIMATECity of Ghosts / U. S. A. World Premiere. Dina / U. S. A. World Premiere. Dolores / U. S. A.

Wrestling with raising 1. San Francisco Police beating, Dolores emerges with a vision that connects her newfound feminism with racial and class justice. World Premiere. The Force / U. S. A. World Premiere. ICARUS / U. S. A.

World Premiere. The New Radical / U. S. A. World Premiere. NOBODY SPEAK: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press / U. S. A. This film is an examination of the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality.

World Premiere. Quest / U. S. A. The family’s 1. America, and it’s a testament to love, healing and hope. World Premiere. STEP / U.

S. A. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city. World Premiere. Strong Island / U.

S. A., Denmark (Director: Yance Ford) — Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re- imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change. World Premiere. Trophy / U. S. A. World Premiere. NEW CLIMATEUnrest / U. S. A. World Premiere. Water & Power: A California Heist / U. S. A. This examination into their centers of power shows small farmers and everyday citizens facing drought and a new, debilitating groundwater crisis.

World Premiere. NEW CLIMATEWhose Streets? World Premiere. WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION Twelve films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles. Axolotl Overkill / Germany (Director and screenwriter: Helene Hegemann) — Mifti, age 1. Berlin with a cast of characters including her half- siblings; their rich, self- involved father; and her druggy friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently- deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic, and much older, white- collar criminal.

Cast: Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Arly Jover, Mavie H.